Titlebook: Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today; An Economist‘s View David George Surdam Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Aut

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Examples of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics in America,faced temptations to adulterate their products, often with their customers’ knowledge and consent. Wars raised different aspects of business ethics. The Civil War corruption was a continuation and amplification of previous corruption and a harbinger of the widespread shenanigans of the Gilded Age.

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Rise of Industrialization,lsom’s . distinguished between the robber barons, who supped at the government troughs and true entrepreneurs who produced desired items at relatively low costs. Despite the corruption between government and businesspeople, living standards rose.

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John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil,. The firms receiving rebates often shared the benefits with consumers in the form of lower retail prices. Many of Rockefeller’s tactics were not illegal but were certainly ruthless. Standard Oil, however, operated in an environment of increasing competition.

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Rise of the Big Retail Merchants,orlds of consumption. Despite these benefits, critics found plenty to criticize about these palaces of consumption, including concerns regarding the chastity of women shoppers and clerks. The pioneering retailers often treated their workers better than employers in other industries.

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Distributions of Income and Wealth,es people wanted, but some accumulated wealth with the connivance of government officials. What is an optimal distribution of income and wealth? Do the wealthy have ethical duties toward the poor or the poor to the rich? Many industrialists voluntarily donated large sums to various philanthropic causes.

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What About the Children?,using their earnings from their after-school job for their own consumption, instead of contributing to their families’ upkeep; entrepreneurs quickly catered to children’s desires. What duties producers and employers owed young consumers and workers became pressing questions?

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Twenty-First-Century Situations,fficials relied upon misleading accounting practices and cozy relations with prominent politicians and regulators. The perpetual race between fraudsters and enforcers continued into the new millennium. Pathways to corruption are certain to be repeated by future unethical businesspeople.